Think of it as bud — light. Despite the police headlines about increased potency, the legal marijuana landscape is actually becoming more mellow and mild thanks to the influence of moderate, mainstream consumers as well as state regulations. These mild pot products now include: mints that pack a barely noticeable body buzz and unwind stress; […] More »

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As cities across Colorado continue to make their final decisions on municipal and county retail sales of marijuana, the state itself expects to see nearly $66 million in new revenues from taxes on pot sales. This estimate is taken straight from Colorado’s Blue Book packet, prepared for voters in the upcoming November referendum. This November, […] More »

The Need for Lobbying Firms (or Lack Thereof) By Rob Kampia, Executive Director, Marijuana Policy Project / Smell the Truth Guest Columnist With the legalization of medical marijuana this summer in New Hampshire and Illinois, a total of 20 states and the District of Columbia now allow patients with debilitating conditions to use medical marijuana […] More »

California is in desperate need of medical cannabis regulations, but the state won’t be getting sny this year after another rounds of defeats in the legislature. Steph Sherer, head of advocacy group Americans for Safe Access writes in a new op-ed on Huffington Post that the reason California is losing the race to more progressive […] More »

“There is no other Skywalker.” Medical cannabis patients in the Bay Area are looking beyond pharmaceuticals to treat pain, insomnia, cramps as well as stimulate appetite. For many, a go-to type of weed has become Skywalker OG, a more sleepy version of the California’s number-one strain, OG Kush. Carried in high style by the Citizens […] More »

Though full legalization will not occur until January, industry and academics have already taken a proactive stance in alleviating a major concern of voters opposed to recreational marijuana use; increased emergency room visits due to accidental child ingestion of marijuana. According to a new report from the Colorado School of Public Health and Childrens Hospital, […] More »

Aspiring marijuana entrepreneurs would do well to study the story of “Richmond Compassionate Care” in the San Francisco-Bay Area. The would-be cannabis dispensary’s operators spent hundreds of thousands of dollars over two years and bent over backwards to open in the liberal city of Richmond, yet were rejected July 30 due to community fears about […] More »

“According to The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in eight out of the ten states that had legalized medical cannabis by the year 2006, there was a DECREASE in cannabis use by teens from 1999 to 2006. Of note, however, there had been an overall decrease in cannabis use amongst teens across […] More »

Findings from a recent Rasmussen poll show four percent of Americans believe the U.S. is winning the “war on drugs”, while 82% of the 1,000 persons polled said the war had been lost. About 52% were in support of Attorney General Eric Holder’s new plan to reform mandatory minimum sentences for low-level drug offenses. The […] More »

We should have seen it coming. For years, loving images of beautiful women smoking weed has permeated mass media through television, film, magazines, and beyond. Is it any wonder that our generation is the first to consider the large-scale legalization of marijuana, not just for those suffering, but for all? Let’s pay a tribute today […] More »

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